The Moon through a Crumbling Window (Bodhidharma), woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 1887
Buddha and Two Disciples, unknown Siamese (Thai) artist, last quarter of 19th century (Rattanakosin Kingdom)
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Narita-san Fudō Myōō (from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays), Tadakiyo, 1895
The seated Buddha. Stucco sculpture from a stupa at the now-destroyed site of Hadda, Afghanistan, once part of the region of Gandhara. Artist unknown; ca. 300 CE (late Kushan period). Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Head (wood, lacquer, pigment, rock crystal, and metal) of a Buddhist Guardian. Unknown Japanese artist; 13th century (Kamakura period). Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
Japanese mask (iron and lacquer, with a silk head covering sewn on the upper edges) representing Jikokuten, guardian deity of the East in Buddhist cosmology. Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira; dated 1745. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Dragon (from the series Modern Illustrations of Buddhist Precepts), Kunisada II, 1860
Head of a Buddha. Unknown Chinese artist; Northern Wei Dynasty (ca. 550-770 CE). Now in the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
Sculpture (wood with polychromy and gilt-bronze) of Fudo Myo-o (=Sanskrit Acala), protector of the Dharma. Unknown Japanese artist; 12th-14th century (Kamakura period). Now in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Buddha Shakyamuni seated in meditation (Dhyanamudra). Artist unknown; 12th century. Now in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Head of a Buddhist guardian king, perhaps Tseng-ch’ang (=Sanskrit Virudhaka), regent of the south. Unknown Chinese artist; 7th century. Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.
Standing bodhisattva Maitreya, from the Gandhara region in what is now Pakistan. Artist unknown; 3rd cent. CE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo credit: Shakti/Wikimedia Commons.
Sculpture (dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigment and gilding) of Buddha in his aspect as Amitabha/Amituofo. Unknown Chinese artist, early 7th century (Tang Dynasty). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gilt bronze statue of the seated Buddha holding a mango. From Thailand (Bangkok style), artist unknown; 18th or 19th century. Now in the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Sculpture of the seated Maitreya (the future Buddha). Artist unknown; 2nd/3rd cent. CE. From India; now in the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.
Sandstone head of the Buddha, from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh. Artist unknown; ca. 6th cent. CE. Now in the Sarnath Archaeological Museum. Photo credit: Biswarup Ganguly.